This first column of 2019 is a tribute to the weekly newspaper you are reading today, the Mad River Union, and a reflection on the role such a local forum for local news and ideas plays in giving the North Coast a sense of place and community. The staff and writers for the newspaper were…
Big 3-day rummage sale in Fieldbrook
Fieldbrook Community Hall, formerly the Fieldbrook Grange, now affiliated with the California Guild, is holding a mullti-family estate, moving & downsizing rummage sale Friday, Nov. 3 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 4 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 4926 Fieldbrook Rd. in Fieldbrook. Profits…
Suspect claims drugged-up accomplice killed couple
Paul Mann Mad River Union FIELDBROOK/EUREKA – Suddenly, an alleged accomplice now dogs the jury’s reckoning in the Fieldbrook double murder case of Jason Michael Arreaga. The putative accessory is Shavonne Hammers, 36, of Lucerne. Ironically, she was the prosecution’s lead witness three weeks ago and the first to incriminate Arreaga, 30, also of Lucerne,…
Arreaga stalwart under cross-examination
Paul Mann Mad River Union EUREKA – On the witness stand for the second day running, double murder suspect and drug dealer Jason Michael Arreaga of Lucerne freely admitted he had lied baldly and repeatedly to investigators when he was arrested 13 months ago, telling the jury, “I was scared – two people had been killed and…
Arreaga accuses Shavonne Hammers of murder
Paul Mann Mad River Union EUREKA – Taking the witness stand against the advice of his attorney, double murder suspect Jason Michael Arreaga testified today, Oct. 13, that unarmed Eureka couple Harley Hammers Jr. and Angel Robin Tully were murdered by Hammers’ estranged wife Shavonne just outside a trailer home in a Fieldbrook driveway in…
Arreaga’s ex-lover breaks down on stand
Paul Mann Mad River Union EUREKA – Carly Michaels of Lucerne, 17 at the time of the double murder in Fieldbrook in September 2014, teared up and began to choke up repeatedly as she testified for the state Oct. 5 against her ex-boyfriend and the defendant, Jason Michael Arreaga. Michaels, a recovering drug addict who was…
Major reversal in Arreaga murder trial
Paul Mann Mad River Union FIELDBROOK/EUREKA – Surprise testimony today, Oct. 2 in the Jason Michael Arreaga double murder trial provided an unexpected eyewitness account which expressly identified the suspect from Lucerne as the perpetrator of the Fieldbrook shootings a year ago September that claimed the lives of lovers Angel Robin Tully and Harley Hammers…
Man claims he shot himself, but won’t say where the gun is
Mad River Union FIELDBROOK – The Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a firearm that a man claims he accidently shot himself with. At 10:20 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, deputies were dispatched to Davenport Lane in Fieldbrook, regarding a 43-year-old male who claimed that he had shot himself. When deputies…
Fieldbrook double murder case advances
Paul Mann Mad River Union HUMBOLDT – A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 17 for a Lucerne, Calif. man charged with the gunshot slayings of two Eureka residents in Fieldbrook in early September. Jason Michael Arreaga, 29, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and six special allegations pertaining to the use…
Fieldbrook Family Market, A ‘Labor Of Love’
Jack Durham Mad River Union FIELDBROOK – After a massive 10-month floor-to-ceiling makeover, the Fieldbrook Family Market is back open again, with a new owner, a new manager and a whole new attitude. The market, which reopened April 4, was closed for 14 months after the previous owner went out of business. The building sat…
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